Government has set up a task-force whose mandate is to retrieve state assets unlawfully held by individuals of the immediate past National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration.
Government in a statement signed by the Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, said, “ The Office of the Chief of Staff is informed of various state assets including landed properties and vehicles, which are yet to be handed over to government by individuals, contary to the law.”
“Consequently, government has set up a team comprising officials from the following departments to coordinate the location and retrieval of all such assets in the national interest.”
The agencies include the Ghana Police Service, the Ghana Revenue Authority (Customs Division) the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), and the office of the President.
The statement however urged persons in possession of such national assets to return them accordingly.
“Persons with state properties unlawfully in their possession should endeavour to contact the task-force and make arrangements to surrender same with immediate effect.”
It added that “The general public is also hereby encouraged to provide information on any properties believed to be within the above-mentioned category to the task-force via ‘Task-force on Retrieval of State Assets, the CID Headquarters, Accra, on 0299012238.
By: Ebenezer Afanyi Dadzie/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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